MBA 2020 Finder crashing when trying to clear trash

I've had this problem recently where, if I try to delete apps (e.g. I just tried to delete Adobe Acrobat Reader) and hit "delete now" in trash, it says that the file can't be deleted. I've checked to see that it's not locked, and that I have read and write access. When I try to clear the trash, finder stalls and quits entirely, forcing me to restart my mac. has anybody else had this problem or know what's going on with this? Thanks in advance.